Pelosi to decide soon if she’ll remain leader of House Democrats

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi indicated she will decide by Wednesday whether she will remain leader of the House Democrats. The 72-year-old Pelosi said in a press conference on Tuesday that she wants to discuss the matter with her party first. She suggested she would have an answer for reporters on Wednesday morning.

A number of Democrats have said they expect Pelosi to stay in her position.

Pelosi, a San Francisco representative, has led the party for 10 years and she served as the first female speaker of the House from January 2007 to January 2011. Yet the party lost control in the fall 2010 elections and failed to win back the House in voting last week. Republicans will remain in control of the House for the next two years.